The year 2022 was a challenging year with the lingering effects of the pandemic and related disruptions, inflation, changing work environments, digital transformation, political turmoil, and much more. Leading people in an era of constant disruption and ever-increasing uncertainty is a tough job. And in order to thrive in 2023, it’s essential to adapt our leadership strategies and capabilities. While business-centered leadership and associated competencies will always be essential, human-centered leadership skills are quickly becoming the topmost requirement to succeed today. The new year poses a new set of leadership challenges and demands more relevant people skills to stay ahead in the game. What are the key leadership trends and essential leadership skills set to rule 2023?
1) Self-Awareness and Growth Mindset – Leaders in this new world of work must have the skill of self-awareness: The ability to honestly evaluate, recognize, and regulate their own beliefs, patterns, and actions; and discern the impact of these patterns on others.
2) Empathy and Compassion for Others – Empathy is the capacity to feel what another person is experiencing, and compassion is the desire to help ease their pain, sending is the sensitivity to assess and detect feelings and emotions that are not expressed but can be felt. Building great leaders for the future of work Awareness-based, human-centered leadership skills are the abilities your leaders, teams and organization need to bring out new levels of connection, engagement, and performance. “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” — Albert Einstein
3) Humility + Humanity – While humility is not the first or even the third trait that comes to mind when thinking of successful business leaders, it anchors conscious leaders’ ability to rise above one’s own needs in order to better serve others.
4) Transparency +Truth – Truth is the state of being true or honest. Transparency is the practice of sharing truth. Top-level modeling of truth and transparency is essential to have a culture that reflects these values. The payoff is higher commitment and productivity.
5) Resilience + Emotional Intelligence – Resilience is the ability to bounce back after setbacks and emotional intelligence is the ability to regulate one’s emotions as well as assess others’ emotions.
6) Purpose – When we leverage individual purpose and tie it to a team or organizational purpose, it serves as a north star that can generate higher engagement, improved morale, and collaboration.
7) Servant Leadership – Servant Leadership was coined by Robert K. Greenleaf in The Servant as Leader – An essay that he first published in 1970. Servant leaders share power with their people, put the needs of employees first, help people develop and perform, and exist to serve them. There you have it! 7 skills to cultivate as a leader for greater impact and relevance in these times.
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